Matthew Bryza
| Matthew James Bryza | |
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| United States Ambassador to Azerbaijan | |
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In office December 29, 2010 – December 2011 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Anne E. Derse |
| Succeeded by | Richard L. Morningstar |
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| Born | February 16, 1964 |
| Spouse(s) | Zeyno Baran |
| Alma mater |
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University (MALD) Stanford University (B.A.) |
| Awards | Fletcher Young Alumni Award (2004); Order of the Golden Fleece, Georgia (2009); Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, Fourth Class, Republic of Estonia (2010) |
Matthew James Bryza (born February 16, 1964) is a former United States diplomat. His last post in the United States foreign service was the United States Ambassador to Azerbaijan.
Bryza graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in International relations and obtained his Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University in 1988.
Bryza joined the United States Foreign Service in August 1988. He then served in Poland in 1989-1991 at the U.S. Consulate in Poznań and the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw, where he covered the Solidarity movement, reform of Poland’s security services, and regional politics. From 1991 through 1995, he worked on European and Russian affairs at the State Department. Bryza served at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow during 1995-1997, first as special assistant to Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering and then as a political officer covering the Russian Duma, Communist Party of the Russian Federation, and the Republic of Dagestan in the North Caucasus. He was recalled from Moscow after he allegedly hit a pedestrian in August 1997. From 1997 through 1998, Bryza was special advisor to Ambassador Richard Morningstar, coordinating U.S. Government assistance programs on economic reforms in Caucasus and Central Asia. Starting from July, 1998 he served as the Deputy Special Advisor to the President and Secretary of State on Caspian Basin Energy Diplomacy, coordinating the U.S. Government's inter-agency efforts to develop a network of oil and gas pipelines in the Caspian region.
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